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Nigerian firm accuses South African coy of $8,000 fraud

Mr Patrice Unogu, the Managing Director of Global Lifting Services Nigeria Limited, said on Saturday that the Nigerian Consulate in…

U.S. counter-terrorism squad trains 200 Nigerian Police, others

The U.S. Government’s Anti-terrorism Assistance Programme (ATA) has conducted a mass casualty exercise to culminate a yearlong training programme with…

3 Israelis wounded in Jerusalem knife, gun attack – Officials

AFP – An assailant wielding a knife and gun seriously wounded three Israelis in Jerusalem’s Old City Saturday, before himself…

Buhari’s team visit bomb blast sites, as death toll rises to 18

Malam Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari and David Babachir Lawal, the Secretary to the Government of…

Heading Petroleum Ministry: Lagos lawmakers back Buhari

Some members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Saturday gave support to President Muhammadu Buhari’s resolve to head…

We will use EFCC, ICPC to recover stolen funds – Niger State Govt

Niger State Government says it will use the services of the anti-graft agencies, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses…

Rape: Lawyers task police on proper investigation

Some lawyers in Lagos have advised the police to support investigations in rape and defilement cases with adequate medical reports…

Don’t cave in to terror, Dogara tells Nigerians

Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara has condemned Friday`s bomb attacks in Kuje and Nyanya areas of the…

Pinnick praises late Mrs Enyeama at burial

President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick on Saturday praised God for the life of the late…

Ex-Basketball International to hold youth camp in Onitsha

Former basketball international, Samuel Oguche, said on Saturday that the Bullet Energy basketball camp would hold its next camp for…

Cowardly attacks in Abuja, elsewhere will not save Boko Haram – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned Friday night’s bomb attacks in Kuje and Nyanya areas of Abuja that…

Sokoto Area Customs Command collects N124.3m revenue in September

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it had collected over N124.3 million as revenue in September from the Sokoto, Kebbi…

PDP condemns Nyanya, Kuje bombings

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has condemned Friday’s bombing in Nyanya and Kuje areas of Abuja, Nigeria, describing…

Legal Aid Council receives 329 cases in Kano

The Kano State Office of the Legal Aid Council said it had received 329 cases from aggrieved persons between January…

NAFDAF donates drugs to IDPs camps in Adamawa

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Saturday donated assorted drugs to Internally Displaced Persons…

Bomb blast: Police tighten security in FCT

Inspector-General of Police Solomon Arase has directed police officers to ensure massive stop and search activities in and around the…

Gunmen abduct 75-year-old woman in Sokoto

The Police in Sokoto on Saturday confirmed the abduction of a 75-year- old woman, Hajiya Fatima Mohammed, by unknown persons.…

I am gay, says senior Vatican priest

A high-ranking Polish priest from the Vatican revealed he was gay on Saturday, saying he wanted to challenge the Church’s…

Resident petitions Lagos Speaker over Ambode’s nominee

Eromosele Ebhomele A top member of the Ikoyi Club 1938, Chief Oladele Abiodun Benson, has petitioned the Speaker of the…

Group to award scholarship to 21 Anambra students

The new President of Anambra State Associations in South Africa, Chief Onyekachukwu Onyeka, said on Saturday that the group would…

Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Reporting calls for entries

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has invited entries from Nigerian reporters for the 10th Wole Soyinka Award…

Military pension verification begins Tuesday nationwide

The Chairman, Military Pensions Board, AVM Muhammed Dabo, has allayed fears of any mishap in the forthcoming military pension verification…

FRSC takes ‘Ember’ month campaign to Anambra

The FRSC Sector Commander in Anambra, Mr Sunday Ajayi, has said that nearly 2,000 regular and special marshals of the…
36 Nigerien soldiers killed in ambush by terrorist groups

Boko Haram fighters kill two Niger soldiers, wound four in ambush

Boko Haram Islamist fighters killed at least two Niger soldiers and wounded four others in an attack on a village…

Night guard, ex-convict arrested for armed robbery in Ogun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Police command is not leaving any stone unturned in chasing armed robbers out of the…

Rivers among 21 States with bird flu

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Government has confirmed that the state is among the 21 States in the country with…

I’m in excellent health, Dalai Lama says after cancelling US tour

AFP – The Dalai Lama said on Saturday he was in “excellent” health after doctors told him to scrap a…

UPDATE: 15 confirmed dead, 39 injured in Abuja bomb blasts

The multiple bomb blasts on Friday night in Nyanya and Kuje, two suburbs of the Nigerian capital, Abuja killed 15…

3 contractors arraigned for attacking man with machete

Paul Iyoghojie Three building contractors have been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrates’ court for allegedly invading the palace of a…
Vice President Kashim Shettima

Borno govt. to relocate IDPs back to their hometowns

The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (BOSEMA) said it had concluded arrangements with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to…